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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Feb 17;149:232–244. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.02.009

Table 3a.

Perceived great risk of regular cannabis use among past year cannabis non-users, NSDUHa 2002–2012

n 2002
wtb% (SEc)
2003
wt% (SE)
2004
wt% (SE)
2005
wt% (SE)
2006
wt% (SE)
2007
wt% (SE)
2008
wt% (SE)
2009
wt% (SE)
2010
wt% (SE)
2011
wt% (SE)
2012
wt% (SE)
Total 499,457 56.5 (0.5) 57.9 (0.5) 57.5 (0.5) 56.2 (0.4) 56.3 (0.5) 55.8 (0.5) 53.8 (0.5) 50.7 (0.5) 48.3 (0.4) 47.2 (0.4) 45.3 (0.4)
12–17 168,183 58.1 (0.5) 60.7 (0.5) 61.4 (0.5) 60.9 (0.6) 60.1 (0.5) 60.2 (0.5) 59.0 (0.6) 55.3 (0.6) 53.0 (0.6) 51.3 (0.6) 49.7 (0.5)
18–25 143,978 46.8 (0.6) 47.4 (0.6) 49.2 (0.7) 47.6 (0.7) 45.8 (0.7) 45.9 (0.6) 43.3 (0.6) 38.8 (0.6) 37.0 (0.6) 34.7 (0.7) 32.9 (0.6)
26–49 130,196 53.0 (0.5) 54.2 (0.6) 53.4 (0.7) 52.4 (0.7) 53.4 (0.6) 52.4 (0.7) 50.7 (0.7) 48.5 (0.6) 45.8 (0.6) 44.5 (0.7) 42.1 (0.6)
50+ 57,100 63.0 (1.0) 64.5 (1.0) 63.4 (0.9) 61.6 (0.7) 61.2 (0.9) 61.1 (1.0) 58.5 (0.9) 54.9 (0.8) 52.6 (1.0) 51.9 (0.9) 50.2 (0.8)
White 316,798 54.3 (0.6) 55.7 (0.6) 54.9 (0.5) 54.0 (0.6) 53.4 (0.6) 53.5 (0.6) 51.6 (0.6) 47.7 (0.6) 46.1 (0.5) 44.2 (0.5) 42.1 (0.6)
12–17 102,052 61.3 (0.5) 64.9 (0.7) 65.2 (0.6) 64.9 (0.5) 63.9 (0.6) 64.4 (0.5) 62.9 (0.7) 58.6 (0.6) 56.5 (0.7) 54.9 (0.6) 54.3 (0.6)
18–25 85,597 43.5 (0.8) 43.8 (0.7) 45.9 (0.7) 44.3 (0.8) 41.4 (0.8) 42.7 (0.9) 41.0 (0.7) 35.8 (0.7) 34.2 (0.6) 30.9 (0.9) 29.6 (0.8)
26–49 84,838 47.4 (0.6) 48.5 (0.8) 48.0 (0.7) 47.4 (0.8) 47.3 (0.6) 47.2 (0.7) 45.1 (0.8) 42.1 (0.7) 39.9 (0.7) 37.5 (0.7) 35.2 (0.6)
50+ 44,311 62.0 (1.2) 63.1 (1.1) 61.2 (1.0) 59.9 (1.0) 59.2 (1.0) 59.2 (1.0) 57.1 (1.1) 52.6 (0.9) 51.4 (1.1) 49.6 (1.0) 47.2 (1.0)
Black 62,649 56.4 (1.1) 57.3 (1.2) 56.7 (1.2) 54.5 (1.3) 57.1 (1.2) 56.3 (1.2) 51.7 (1.1) 49.9 (1.3) 46.7 (1.3) 45.5 (1.3) 44.9 (1.1)
12–17 23,356 49.1 (1.4) 49.5 (1.3) 52.2 (1.5) 48.3 (1.3) 50.1 (1.6) 50.3 (1.4) 49.2 (1.3) 45.8 (1.6) 41.4 (1.7) 40.0 (1.1) 39.4 (1.5)
18–25 19,174 43.8 (1.6) 45.8 (1.5) 43.8 (1.4) 43.0 (1.6) 47.7 (1.5) 42.8 (1.4) 41.3 (1.4) 36.2 (1.5) 36.9 (1.7) 33.5 (1.4) 29.7 (1.3)
26–49 14,777 58.4 (1.7) 58.8 (1.8) 56.4 (1.8) 57.7 (1.9) 56.1 (1.7) 56.1 (1.9) 51.9 (1.9) 50.0 (1.9) 48.4 (1.6) 47.5 (1.8) 43.8 (1.8)
50+ 5,342 62.4 (2.8) 63.5 (3.1) 64.7 (3.0) 57.8 (4.0) 65.2 (3.0) 64.7 (2.8) 57.0 (2.9) 56.7 (3.2) 50.6 (3.2) 49.1 (2.6) 52.7 (2.1)
Hispanic 79,293 66.6 (1.1) 68.4 (1.0) 68.7 (1.1) 67.0 (1.1) 66.2 (1.0) 64.7 (1.1) 62.6 (1.0) 61.9 (0.9) 57.2 (1.1) 58.0 (1.1) 56.0 (1.0)
12–17 28,015 56.2 (1.3) 55.5 (1.2) 56.1 (1.7) 58.6 (1.5) 57.6 (1.2) 53.6 (1.3) 54.4 (1.5) 51.8 (1.5) 49.1 (1.3) 48.7 (1.5) 43.6 (1.5)
18–25 26,714 58.7 (1.3) 57.5 (1.4) 60.0 (1.5) 58.0 (1.4) 56.9 (1.5) 53.7 (1.3) 51.2 (1.4) 47.2 (1.6) 44.0 (1.3) 42.4 (1.4) 40.0 (1.6)
26–49 20,252 69.5 (1.4) 72.0 (1.3) 69.7 (1.4) 66.2 (1.8) 69.2 (1.3) 66.7 (1.5) 65.8 (1.5) 65.4 (1.9) 61.2 (1.5) 58.6 (1.6) 57.2 (1.6)
50+ 4,312 72.3 (3.7) 76.6 (3.7) 81.1 (3.1) 80.5 (2.80 71.2 (2.6) 74.6 (3.1) 66.9 (2.7) 69.3 (2.2) 62.0 (3.2) 71.3 (2.6) 68.9 (2.2)
Other 40,717 60.7 (1.8) 62.7 (1.4) 64.0 (2.0) 60.7 (1.7) 64.1 (2.0) 59.6 (2.0) 61.1 (1.9) 58.4 (1.9) 54.2 (1.9) 54.3 (1.8) 51.9 (1.7)
12–17 14,760 54.6 (2.5) 60.5 (2.3) 60.9 (2.3) 60.1 (2.6) 56.6 (2.4) 65.1 (2.1) 60.3 (2.4) 58.2 (2.2) 58.1 (1.9) 52.4 (2.1) 52.4 (2.0)
18–25 12,493 46.7 (2.5) 52.3 (2.5) 55.6 (2.6) 54.7 (2.2) 45.8 (2.8) 56.0 (2.1) 46.1 (2.1) 43.6 (2.6) 38.6 (2.1) 40.8 (2.6) 40.2 (2.1)
26–49 10,329 62.6 (2.4) 60.8 (2.8) 63.2 (3.1) 58.7 (2.1) 66.8 (2.8) 57.7 (2.6) 61.0 (2.6) 59.6 (2.2) 53.7 (2.4) 57.6 (2.3) 53.3 (3.1)
50+ 3,135 66.6 (4.9) 72.1 (3.4) 70.6 (4.6) 67.0 (4.0) 70.2 (4.0) 62.0 (5.5) 67.3 (4.9) 62.2 (4.9) 59.6 (4.7) 56.2 (3.5) 54.4 (4.1)